Everything about Soviet Battlecruiser Kirov totally explained
Kirov, the
lead ship of the
eponymous class of missile cruisers, is one of the major and biggest surface warships of the
Russian Navy, though it was originally built for the
Soviet Navy. It is one of the biggest warships of the world and is similar in size to a
World War I battleship. Although commissioned as a missile cruiser
Kirov's size and weapons complement have given her the unofficial designation of a
battlecruiser throughout much of the world. The appearance of the
Kirov class was a significant factor in the US Navy recommissioning the
Iowa class. She was named after
Sergey Kirov, a Bolshevik hero.
History
She was laid down in June 1973 or
March 27 1974 at the
Baltiysky Naval Shipyard in
Leningrad, launched on
December 26 1977 and commissioned on
December 30 1980, part of
Soviet Northern Fleet. When she appeared for the first time in 1981, NATO observers called her BALCOM I (Baltic Combatant I). She was placed in reserve in 1990 following a reactor accident.
Kirov was renamed
Admiral Ushakov after the 18th Century admiral
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov in 1992 for political reasons. An overhaul was started in 1999, but the ship was written off in 2001 and slated to be dismantled in 2003.
In Fiction
The Kirov is mentioned in the BBC drama 'Threads' in which it's described as being in collision with the US destroyer
USS Callaghan (DDG-994) in the lead up to a nuclear war.
In
Tom Clancy's
1986 novel,
Red Storm Rising, the Kirov is sunk by the Norwegian submarine
HNoMS Kobben.
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